We investigated the dynamic fragmentation of laser shock-loaded tin to gain insights on the underlying mechanism of this process. In the experiments, tin samples were shock-loaded by nanosecond laser over sequential pressures ranging from 7 GPa to 43 GPa. Integrated diagnostic techniques, including four-frame optical transverse shadowgraph imaging system, soft recovery, and photonic Doppler velocimetry (PDV), were employed. They provide the shape of the ejecta in the dynamic fragmentation process, the recovered ejecta, as well as the loading parameters. These experimental results were compared with those obtained using one-dimensional Lagrangian hydrodynamics simulation. The crossed results over sequential pressures allowed us to gain better insights on the different dynamic fragmentation processes of spall fracture and micro-spalling, which can help develop reliable models for dynamic fragmentation of triangular-wave shocking metals.
